Juan Torres-Cortes, a 30-year-old Kempner man, was arrested April 28, 2016 during a sting conducted by the Texas Attorney General's Child Exploitation Unit and Copperas Cove Police Department. Monson has been charged with online solicitation of a minor.

Juan Torres-Cortes, a 30-year-old Kempner man, was arrested April 28, 2016 during a sting conducted by the Texas Attorney General's Child Exploitation Unit and Copperas Cove Police Department. Monson has been

Brock Alan Monson, a 22-year-old China Springs man, was arrested April 25, 2016 during a sting conducted by the Texas Attorney General's Child Exploitation Unit and Copperas Cove Police Department. Monson has been charged with online solicitation of a minor and five counts of possession of child pornography.

Jonathan Fitch Douglass, a 21-year-old Killeen man, was arrested April 26, 2016 during a sting conducted by the Texas Attorney General's Child Exploitation Unit and Copperas Cove Police Department. Monson has been charged with online solicitation of a minor.

Daniel Jeronimo-Dominquez, a 29-year-old Killeen man, was arrested April 26, 2016 during a sting conducted by the Texas Attorney General's Child Exploitation Unit and Copperas Cove Police Department. Jeronimo-Dominquez has been charged with online solicitation of a minor.

Nathan Arthur Kaufman, a 27-year-old College Station man, was arrested April 27, 2016 during a sting conducted by the Texas Attorney General's Child Exploitation Unit and Copperas Cove Police Department. Monson has been charged with online solicitation of a minor.

Nathan Arthur Kaufman, a 27-year-old College Station man, was arrested April 27, 2016 during a sting conducted by the Texas Attorney General's Child Exploitation Unit and Copperas Cove Police Department. Monson

Robert Lee Biddinger, a 36-year-old Killeen man, was arrested April 26, 2016 during a sting conducted by the Texas Attorney General's Child Exploitation Unit and Copperas Cove Police Department. Monson has been charged with online solicitation of a minor.

Robert Lee Biddinger, a 36-year-old Killeen man, was arrested April 26, 2016 during a sting conducted by the Texas Attorney General's Child Exploitation Unit and Copperas Cove Police Department. Monson has been

The suspects, ages 22 to 36, were trying to solicit minors online and travel to them with the intent of committing sex crimes, the Texas Attorney General's office announced in a news release Friday.

"Six individuals have been arrested and no longer pose a threat to the children of Texas," Attorney General Ken Paxton said in the release. "I am grateful for the individuals working in our Child Exploitation Unit and the dedicated law enforcement officials they work with to bring individuals like these to justice."

The attorney general's office and Copperas Cove Police Department arrested the individuals at a predetermined meeting place in Copperas Cove, where the suspects believed they would engage in sexual contact with minors.